Life Science Contract Job Trends in Durham

Life Sciences
North East > Durham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in contract job vacancies in Durham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Life Science over the 6 months leading up to 13 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Life Science 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Durham 2.41% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 15.38% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
North East median daily rate £238 - -

All Generic Skills
Durham

Life Science falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Durham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13 10 26
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Durham 15.66% 25.64% 52.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 12
10th Percentile £273 £231 -
25th Percentile £295 £288 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £425 £413
Median % change year-on-year +4.41% +3.03% +0.61%
75th Percentile £834 £531 £533
90th Percentile £938 £613 £694
North East median daily rate £450 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -10.00% +1.01% +4.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £19.10 - -
25th Percentile £25.53 - -
Median hourly rate £37.50 - £11.44
75th Percentile £55.63 - -
90th Percentile £65.75 - -
North East median hourly rate £46.98 £33.08 £11.44
% change year-on-year +42.04% +189.12% -64.25%

Life Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Life Science relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Durham.

Life Science job vacancy trend in Durham

Life Science
Hourly Rate Trend in Durham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing Life Science.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing Life Science

Life Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Durham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Network Architecture
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Allen-Bradley
1 2 (100.00%) Rockwell